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The Book of Romans, Chapter 6, Verse 12

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Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
King James Version
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
American Standard Version
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:
New English Translation
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.
World English Bible
Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
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Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
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For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
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What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
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But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
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Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
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I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
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What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.
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But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.